Director Profiles

Meet the people who are guiding CNO Financial Group as a leading provider of insurance products to middle-income working and retired Americans.

Charles Jacklin

Retired Chairman, Mellon Capital Management Corporation

Director since 2015

Charles Jacklin joined CNO Financial Group's board of directors in May 2015. He serves as chairperson of the Investment Committee and as a member of the Audit and Enterprise Risk Committee.

Jacklin has more than 30 years of finance and investment experience. He retired as chairman of Mellon Capital Management Corporation in 2012 after serving as chief executive officer and president from 2006 until 2011. Jacklin held several other executive management positions in his 18 years with Mellon Capital Management, including chief investment strategist and director of asset allocation strategies, where he was responsible for portfolio management in domestic, international and global asset allocation strategies.

He taught finance and investment strategy for 10 years at the University of Chicago and Stanford University Schools of Business.

Jacklin holds a bachelor's degree in mathematics from the University of Maryland, an MBA from the University of Illinois and a Ph.D. in business administration from Stanford University.